RE: PH Meets The 911's Director Of Emotions

[LongLiveTazio]

article said:

That's 'bumped into' in the Liam Fox sense. Ed.

Hope you used protection...

[ForzaWhitesGen2]

k-ink said:

Any chance of a special edition so we can have even more badges on the back? Ideally three lines of huge text would be good, just in case people didn't know what it was.

Awful aren't they.... what were/are they thinking!!

[tosh.brice]

nickfrog said:

I find those shots not very flattering to the car for some reason, most others photos have been great so far but those don't (hopefully) do it justice.

Funny, I had thought exactly the opposite - previous photos (mostly side views) showed a very diluted 911 as far as I was concerned, but these have some real elegance. However, the prettiest 911 ever is surely the Singer 911?

[EdJ]

I like it a lot and look forward to the reviews.

Bit confused why they decided to put the full model name on the back of the car. Do we really need PORSCHE 911 Carrera S on the back? Much prefer the simple "Carrera" or "Turbo". Obviously it's a Porcshe.

[Schermerhorn]

Looks stunning.

Too much text on the back denoting model designation though. Very fussy. Hopefully comes with a delete option.

[Adam B]

Schnellmann said:

Interview sounds like press-speak.

yep. totally bland interview I thought

[j123]

"yep. totally bland interview I thought"

And it has led to just about the most boring thread in months. Maybe this new 911 really will go to the panamania crowd but leave all the rest sleeping and dreaming for olden days. Rise of the old machines. j

[natben]

It's getting closer and closer to looking like a bland euro box...If it isn't one already. But I'm sure the unimaginative will buy it In huge volumes to impress the neighbours.

[j123]

Jobs said.." It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." I think he meant most are indeed, "unimaginative".

What Jobs didn't say but is a natural corollary to his thought is that an equal number of products do not necessarily need to be that great but rather can get by often simply by working well and having nice quality and image = the legacy that is and will be the 911. I think what Jobs ultimately meant is that the greatest products will require creators to come up with groundbreaking ideas that will ultimately shape the future but not necessarily be of interest to the other half who will rarely care as long as part of the imaginative jump goes into the mainstream product = microsoft. j

Edited by j123 on Monday 24th October 21:28

[///Mike]

AndyCzech said:

The automotive equivalent of bigger triple-chocolate muffin plus chocolate cream but with 10% less calories.

What is there not to like?

Quote of the day!

I think the new car looks great. If anything I don't like to hear about all the things that are so much better than the 997 just as the 997 is becoming a realistic purchase option for me.

Not to everyones taste but I LOVE the 911 in all forms. I just love the way they are the only brand to continually stick to an idea and make it work regardless of the fact that they were shovelling sand for many years with the rear engined configuration. They have truely overcome the problem with technologic advancements and sheer bloody-mindedness. Not many companies follow that philosophy when they are in business.